I’m trying to be a positive, glass-half-full kinda gal, although as Coldplay says, Don’t ask neither how full nor empty is your glass. So maybe I should be grateful that I just have a glass. Anyhoo, this laptop is scorching my already-toasty legs, so let me just get to the point:

• My house probably needed to be aired out anyway.
• Having to raise the windows has forced me to clean all the spider webs and stuff in and around them.
• Most every room has a ceiling fan (thank you Jesus, Aunt Betty and Uncle Johnny).
• Hopefully having said fans cranked up on high will knock the dust off those blades. (Is it becoming obvious that I’m sorely lacking in my dedication to cleaning house?)
• Having the windows up and fans on reminds me of when I was little and air conditioning was a luxury. Yes, I’m old. But I did not walk to school barefoot in the snow–I”m not that old.
• It reminds me of the end of 3rd grade, when I got the chicken pox and stood in front of our window unit a/c, slathered in calamine lotion, trying not to scratch.
• At night I can hear the big ole bullfrogs croaking down at the pond. This is probably my favorite “perk” so far.
• The old unit has had troubles every summer for the past three years at least, so maybe getting a new unit will mean it will be a long time before I’ll have to go without cool air again.
• Sweating is good for my pores.
• That’s all for now, but if it takes a few more days before the new unit can be installed, I may come up with more.
• Oh yeah, it makes me very grateful when I’m in a place that does have cool air.